Water Diplomacy in Action
Water Diplomacy in Action

Author: Shafiqul Islam

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2017-01-02

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 178308491X

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Complex water problems cannot be resolved by numbers or narratives. Contingent and negotiated approaches are necessary for actionable outcome. In the face of a constantly changing array of interconnected water issues that cross multiple boundaries, the challenge is how to translate solutions that emerge from science and technology into the context of real-world policy and politics. Water Diplomacy in Action addresses this task by synthesizing two emerging ideas––complexity science and negotiation theory––to understand and manage risks and opportunities for an uncertain water future. Rooted in the ideas of complexity science and mutual gains negotiation, this edited volume shows why traditional systems engineering approaches may not work for complex problems, what emerging tools and techniques are needed and how these are used to resolve complex water problems.

Computational Intelligence
Computational Intelligence

Author: Kurosh Madani

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-02-15

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 3642275346

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The present book includes a set of selected extended papers from the second International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence (IJCCI 2010), held in Valencia, Spain, from 24 to 26 October 2010. The conference was composed by three co-located conferences: The International Conference on Fuzzy Computation (ICFC), the International Conference on Evolutionary Computation (ICEC), and the International Conference on Neural Computation (ICNC). Recent progresses in scientific developments and applications in these three areas are reported in this book. IJCCI received 236 submissions, from 49 countries, in all continents. After a double blind paper review performed by the Program Committee, only 30 submissions were accepted as full papers and thus selected for oral presentation, leading to a full paper acceptance ratio of 13%. Additional papers were accepted as short papers and posters. A further selection was made after the Conference, based also on the assessment of presentation quality and audience interest, so that this book includes the extended and revised versions of the very best papers of IJCCI 2010. Commitment to high quality standards is a major concern of IJCCI that will be maintained in the next editions, considering not only the stringent paper acceptance ratios but also the quality of the program committee, keynote lectures, participation level and logistics.

Arab Human Development in the Twenty-first Century
Arab Human Development in the Twenty-first Century

Author: Bahgat Korany

Publisher: American University in Cairo Press

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1617976210

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With its emphasis on the primacy of change, this study arrives at a particularly auspicious moment, as the Middle East continues to be convulsed by the greatest upheavals in generations, which have come to be known as the Arab Spring. Originally prepared as the tenth-anniversary volume of the UNDP's Arab Human Development Report, Arab Human Development in the Twenty-first Century places empowerment at the center of human development in the Arab world, viewing it not only from the vantage point of a more equitable distribution of economic resources but also of fundamental legal, educational, and political reform. The ten chapters in this book follow closely this political economy framework. They look back at what Arab countries have achieved since the early 2000s and forward to what remains to be done to reach full development. Supported by a wealth of statistical material, they cover the rule of law, the evolution of media, the persistence of corruption, the draining of resources through armed conflict, the dominance and increase of poverty, the environment, and religious education. The concluding chapter attempts an inventory of the world literature and different experiences on democratic transition to explore where the region could be heading. This critical and timely study is indispensable reading to development specialists and to Middle East scholars and students alike, as well as to anyone with an interest in the future trajectory of the region.

Computational Intelligence
Computational Intelligence

Author: Juan Julián Merelo

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-11-21

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 3319485067

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This book includes a selection of revised and extended versions of the best papers from the seventh International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence (IJCCI 2015), held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 12 to 14 November 2015, which was composed of three co-located conferences: The International Conference on Evolutionary Computation Theory and Applications (ECTA), the International Conference on Fuzzy Computation Theory and Applications (FCTA), and the International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications (NCTA). The book presents recent advances in scientific developments and applications in these three areas, reflecting the IJCCI’s commitment to high quality standards.

Perilous Intimacies
Perilous Intimacies

Author: SherAli Tareen

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2023-09-19

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 023155835X

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Friendship—particularly interreligious friendship—offers both promise and peril. After the end of Muslim political sovereignty in South Asia, how did Muslim scholars grapple with the possibilities and dangers of Hindu-Muslim friendship? How did they negotiate the incongruities between foundational texts and attitudes toward non-Muslims that were informed by the premodern context of Muslim empire and the realities of British colonialism, which rendered South Asian Muslims a political minority? In this groundbreaking book, SherAli Tareen explores how leading South Asian Muslim thinkers imagined and contested the boundaries of Hindu-Muslim friendship from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. He argues that often what was at stake in Muslim scholarly discourse and debates on Hindu-Muslim friendship were unresolved tensions and fissures over the place and meaning of Islam in the modern world. Perilous Intimacies considers a range of topics, including Muslim scholarly translations of Hinduism, Hindu-Muslim theological polemics, the question of interreligious friendship in the Qur’an, intra-Muslim debates on cow sacrifice, and debates on emulating Hindu customs and habits. Based on the close reading of an expansive and multifaceted archive of Arabic, Persian, and Urdu sources, this book illuminates the depth, complexity, and profound divisions of the Muslim intellectual traditions of South Asia. Perilous Intimacies also provides timely perspective on the historical roots of present-day Hindu-Muslim relations, considering how to overcome thorny legacies and open new horizons for interreligious friendship.

Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD’2019)
Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD’2019)

Author: Mostafa Ezziyyani

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-01-03

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 3030366537

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This book contains the latest researches on advanced intelligent systems applied in the field of education presented during the second edition of the International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD’2019) held on July 08–11, 2019, in Marrakech, Morocco. The book proposes new approaches and innovative strategies for the manipulation of data and big data collected from the educational environment, exploiting the analysis tools, algorithms of artificial intelligence, and machine learning techniques, in order to extract results, which allow improving the performance and effectiveness of the education field, which is a strategic lever for sustainable development. The book deals with concepts, strategies, and approaches developed on various current axes of scientific research in the field of education, such as smart e-learning, smart education (smart classroom, smart assessment and smart teaching and learning technologies), massive open online courses (MOOC), courseware design, and development for smart learning, cloud learning, and mobile learning. The book is intended for all actors in the educational sector, namely students, professors, academic researchers, and stakeholders. It constitutes a large-scale forum for the exchange of ideas, approaches, and innovative techniques between these actors on the development and innovation of the field of education with the revolution 4.0. The authors of each chapter report the state of the art of the various topics addressed and present results of their own research, laboratory experiments, and successful applications. The purpose of this session is to share the idea of advanced intelligent systems with appropriate tools and techniques for modeling, management, and decision support in the field of education.

History of the Arabic Written Tradition Supplement Volume 2
History of the Arabic Written Tradition Supplement Volume 2

Author: Carl Brockelmann

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-01-09

Total Pages: 1077

ISBN-13: 9004356444

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The present English translation reproduces the original German of Carl Brockelmann’s Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur (GAL) as accurately as possible. In the interest of user-friendliness the following emendations have been made in the translation: Personal names are written out in full, except b. for ibn; Brockelmann’s transliteration of Arabic has been adapted to comply with modern standards for English-language publications; modern English equivalents are given for place names, e.g. Damascus, Cairo, Jerusalem, etc.; several erroneous dates have been corrected, and the page references to the two German editions have been retained in the margin, except in the Supplement volumes, where new references to the first two English volumes have been inserted.